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Only if you recognize it . I wish AJ would drop that piece of bubble gum machine tin, we don't need anymore phony belts. The wbo hvy strap started strong enough off Mercer v Morrison which at the time felt like a super fight in the States. Back when we had more prospect at hvy than you could count . Shame Mercer dropped it and he thought he'd get easy money and name v Holmes. Oops on him. Moorer and Mercer would have been fun while it lasted!
For a time Kronk fighters only ever fought for WBO titles. So did Frank Warren's.
Correctamundo, all started with Hearns and I think followed by the lt hvy one man wrecking crew Moorer. The thing is though the wbo is often not a stand alone. Moorer did and was piling up defenses but in a way it was used as a way to dismiss a fight with him by the other 'big' holders. That and possibility of getting knocked unconscious. Ironically he dropped it later at hvy saying it 'retarded' his career. What wbo champ sits on just that without looking to get to the bigger ones, or as many fighters refer to one by just calling it the "green belt". Fans and networks legitimize these things. The ibo will be looked as..how would Paulie put it..its a side piece to bigger things.